Trion

Jemetrion takes on another journey...

... through a wonderful world full of questions and answers.

* 13 vintage prog tracks including an edited version of our previously released epic Frank!

* Please click here for more details on our new album.

Trion's Tortoise album (2003) tells the tale of Jemetrion.............

..........the story of a tortoise that is following its dreams.

Fifty minutes of seventies’ styled progressive music divided between eleven tracks brought to you by Eddie Mulder (Flamborough Head), Menno Boomsma (Odyssice) and Edo Spanninga (Flamborough Head).

Trion (a contraction of the words trio and tron; short for mellotron) is an instrumental project which uses only seven sounds of the mellotron (cello, violins, choir, vibe, oboe, organ & flute), drums and acoustic & electric guitars.

Please feel free to scroll through some quotes taken from several international press reviews and other forms of feedback:

"This is a wonderful CD, and one that I strongly recommend.........Kudos to these three musicians for giving us a heaping dose of 70's styled progressive rock-and I won't forget to mention the neat Roger Dean inspired cover artwork from well known Dutch artist Jasper Joppe Geers!" (Pete Pardo on the Sea Of Tranquility Website: http://www.seaoftranquility.org) "(.....) While testing recording equipment music this project emerged and will without a doubt will be warmly welcomed by the Prog & Symfo scene. Why? Because the total look and feel of Tortoise, as the album that came out of it, is a feastly tribute to the legendary era where all things important in Prog Rock happened.(.....) But actually it is an album made in 2003 by three Prog worshippers who in playful mood created music that is played fantastic, has all the traditional elements of a so called legendary album (except the vocals). This is a wonderful and remarkable way of paying tribute I must say." (Winston Arntz on the DPRP website: http://www.dprp.vuurwerk.nl) "The end result surely is something to be proud of both where recording quality and compositions is concerned. For sure a classic of the future!" (John 'Bobo' Bollenberg, www.progressiveworld.net & www.prog-nose.org) "Zowel muzikaal als visueel is Tortoise een succes en een aanwinst voor ons momenteel bloeiende vaderlandes symfowereldje." (Recensie Leo Hoekstra [Vette Krent!] in IO-Pages) "(.....) I have now "lived" with the CD for 5 days and the more I play it the more I love it, what a truly fantastic CD it is, after reading the notes within I can honestly say you have achieved your aim and beyond in creating music which has a 70's feel, but in doing so you have also created a modern day classic which is not an easy task, something which I hope will appeal to old and new fans alike of progressive music. From the production through to the beautiful artwork the whole package is a real delight, my personal favourite tracks are "The New Moon", "Spectrum of Colours" & "Endgame" but to be honest there is not a poor track amongst the twelve, each one a gem in their own right. (A.B. UK) "(.....) Therefore I can only say that this album is a must for all lovers of music from the seventies." (Henri Strik, Background Magazin). "(.....) Had bij mij toch enige luisterbeurten nodig om op waarde geschat te worden, maar nu vind ik 'm erg mooi. (A. D.) Die Musik steckt natürlich voller Deja Vu-Momente. Genesis und vor allem und ständig Camel lassen an jeder Ecke grüssen. Die Mellotron-Sounds legen Teppiche, darüber schwebt eine melodisch-hübsche Gitarre. (…..) Freunde des gepflegten Retro-Sounds, am besten mit einem starken Faible für Camel und ohne Klon-Phobie, sollten hier zumindest mal reinhören. (Udo Gerhards on the BabyBlaue Seiten: http://www.babyblaue-seiten.de)

Menno Boomsma:	Ludwig Classic drums & Zildjian Cymbals
Eddie Mulder:	Galama electrical 6-string, Ibanez acoustic 6-string, Casa Benelly classical 6-string, Sigma acoustic 12-string, mandolin, Fender Precision Bass Guitar, Warwick 5-string Bass Guitar, ART SGX 2000 effects-unit, AT&T Tube-amplifier, Ampeg SVT-2 Tube-amplifier & speaker cabinets (1x15” / 4x10”)
Edo Spanninga:	Flute, Oboe, Strings, Organ, Cello, Vibe & Choir Mellotron samples, ELKA leslie

"Menno Boomsma, Eddie Mulder and Edo Spanninga are names that the fans of Dutch new-prog know well, because they are members of Flamborough Head and Odyssice and have recently debuted as Trion with a good record full of echoes of the past and overflowing with mellotron. In The Spaghetti Epic Trion follow the same steps, with a flowing instrumental track that, amongst echoes of Genesis and Camel, a wide use of mellotron, Hackett-like guitars, vintage timbres, time changes, themes lead by a classic piano, sacral moments with the use of a church organ and many other things confirms the very good sensations that their album Tortoise had arisen. A good display of force, that can be seen as a guarantee of the quality allowing Trion to be numbered amongst the best new bands for the lovers of symphonic rock clearly inspired by the '70s." (Peppe Di Spirito)

Trion will participate in the prog-project "The Spaghetti Epic", an initiative of the Finnish magazine Colossus which was released on Musea in 2004. Please visit "The Spaghetti Epic"-Website which can be accessed on our links page.